mcfogg

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Who killed McFogg?

Peak Web April 11, 2025

By: Thievius Raccoonus The search for McFogg has finally ended. After years of wondering what happened to our beloved Scottish mascot, the dog has finally turned up back at SFU . . . but not in the way anyone wanted him to. McFogg was found floating in the reflection pond holding an onion, with syllabi for economics courses floating around him. Five suspects have been apprehended for their possible involvement in McFogg’s demise — who do you think killed our beloved pookie?   Avocado Anthony [caption id="attachment_131277" align="alignnone" width="244"] ILLUSTRATION: Yan Ting Leung / The Pawn[/caption] While he doesn’t have quite…

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Three small children stacked on top of each other in an oversized trench coat.
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Message from the president: An update on the official SFU mascot shortlist

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Since McFogg the Dog was let go in 2018, the Board of Directors has been hard at work deciding who will replace him as SFU’s new official mascot. Finding a mascot worthy of representing our comprehensive…

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McFogg in an office looking super serious. Outside there's a line of mascots waiting to be interviewed to be his replacement.
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Former SFU mascot candidate grilled by hiring manager

Peak Web March 14, 2024

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer I sit down at the table, its surface cold against my trembling hands. The smooth papers rustle beneath my palms, my fingers pressing deep wrinkles into the material. I shouldn’t be nervous — I’ve gone…

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McFogg the Dog as a dj. He’s wearing headphones and using turntables.
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What happened to McFogg the Dog?

Peak Web November 20, 2023

By: Mahla Rae, SFU student Many know about SFU’s loss of the beloved mascot McFogg the Dog. It’s often controversially referred to as a harder loss than the dissolution of our own football team. But what happened to McFogg after…

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Person looking at a portrait of McFogg.
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A heartfelt letter from SFU’s one and only

Peak Web August 1, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Dear SFU, Why have you Mc-Forsaken me? I’ve been nothing but loyal to you . . . and in return, students no longer know who I am: my brawny arms and swaggy, athletic body, left to…

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An illustration of a student looking dreamily toward McFogg.
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SFUnexplained: Finding McFogg

Peak Web February 16, 2023

By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor My pen bristles as I try to write to you. No . . . I promised myself I wasn’t going to make this mistake again. I’m already paying off Joy Johnson to wipe my record…

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Illustration of McFogg, SFU’s mascot, looking at you across the table, Renaissance coffee in one paw, rose in the other.
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Choose your own adventure: A date with McFogg

Peak Web October 17, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor INTRO: You came to Simon Fraser University to engage yourself in many different disciplines. You didn’t expect that you could possibly . . . get engaged. You admit, this brutalist building might capture your heart…

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Photo of McFogg lying sideways, looking at the camera, holding a rainbow flag
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McFogg the Dog is actually a queer icon

Humour July 1, 2022

By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer In honour of pride month, The Peak wanted to shine a spotlight on one of our favourite underrated LGBTQIA2S+ icons, McFogg the Dog. Any student within the community with at least a semi-functioning gay-dar could…

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Meet the team of scientists who believe that they can bring back McFogg the Dog

Peak Web April 4, 2018

By: Gabrielle McLaren  Dr. Fredrick Brennan shows us the eclectic content of his backpack, which he believes contains everything that he needs on his 12-day expedition to track down McFogg the Dog in the wilderness of Burnaby Mountain. From state-of-the-art…

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Gorillas and terriers and bears, oh my!
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The costumed campus

EIC November 17, 2014

“I think the mascot is dead.” That’s all the opposition’s radio announcer could say about what he had just witnessed. It was a timeout in the first half of a Clan basketball game in the spring of 1996, and the…

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